MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (October 29, 2026) — A man suspected of shooting up a home and burglarizing it in Berkeley County is apparently dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office tells the Panhandle News Network their SWAT team, as well as Jefferson County’s Sheriff’s Special Response Team, responded to what they called…

Lee Preston McLaughlin Jr., 77, of Charles Town, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg. Born October 22, 1949, in Hillsboro, he was the son of the late Preston and Cleatrice McLaughlin. Lee was a member and Deacon of Elk Branch Presbyterian Church. He was a 1968 graduate of Hillsboro […]

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (October 28, 2026) — Congressman Riley Moore joined Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) and Keven Walker, CEO of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, Tuesday for the “Stand Up for West Virginia’s Battlefields” event to highlight the Shenandoah Valley Access, Legacy and Outdoor Recreation (VALOR) Act and its potential to strengthen historic preservation, expand tourism,…

SHANNONDALE, W.Va. (October 26, 2026) — The West Virginia Division of Highways has announced major roadwork in Shannondale that is set to begin today and last through October. Paving operations will be conducted on Shannondale Road, HARP 977, in Jefferson County, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., beginning on Monday, October 26, 2026, through the…

STEUBENVILLE—Jefferson County has a new Job & Family Services Director in waiting. Jeffrey Felton, a Follansbee resident, will take the reins Dec. 1, succeeding Michelle Santin who is retiring after nearly 25 years of combined service. The Bergholz native graduated in 1974 from Brooke High School, earned his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and […]

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (October 22, 2026) — A case making its way through the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ties to a major renovation project in Harpers Ferry.  Metronews Statewide Correspondent Brad McElhinny filed this report: In 2020, lawmakers passed the West Virginia Tourism Development District Act, directly tied to the long contested…

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (October 16, 2026) — Officers with the Charles Town Police Department are being lauded for proactive law enforcement that netted ‘several’ drug-related arrests. A message from CPD says during the past two months, officers with the Charles Town Police Department have made multiple arrests involving drug activity within the municipal boundaries of…

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HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (October 07, 2026) — Officials at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park say bridge closures will continue through the fall. The Goodloe Byron Memorial Footbridge is expected to remain closed this fall while the National Park Service conducts safety repairs on the pedestrian bridge deck and its underlaying components. This work is separate from,…

Story based on reporting by Metronews News Director Jeff Jenkins CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A Jefferson County group against the 260-mile Valley Link transmission line project, proposed to go from the John Amos Power Plant in Putnam County northeast across West Virginia and into Virginia, is now armed with research results. Dan McGinn, a Jefferson…